This sad looking dog was commissioned by a hospital to commemorate one of the nurses who had died. “It was her dog and I was asked to paint it because I had previously painted a collie dog on one of the ceiling tiles in the children’s ward.
The dog appears to be mourning his loss and I hoped all along that someone else would be taking care of him. “
It would in this case be interesting to see this piece in person. It has a slightly different look about it and I suspect that is because it was painted on a board rather than on canvas, an aspect that would give the paint and surface a rather pebbly appearance.
